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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Marita,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’m not exactly sure how they would be classified (my guess is as Band/municipally owned) but my guess is that there are almost certainly as many First Nations sites scattered on reserves across the country as are listed below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I’ll copy this to Brian Beaton and Norm Leech who will know this much much better than I.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> advisors-bounces@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-bounces@tc.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marita Moll<br><b>Sent:</b> January 9, 2016 1:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> TC Advisors <advisors@tc.ca><br><b>Subject:</b> [Advisors] enviro scan -- please fill in the gaps<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is a preliminary environmental scan of provincial public access organizations/member-owned Internet service providers and municipal/community- owned broadband/ wi-fi sites that I know about. It will help us in any potential activity to be able to point to an active community. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>updated: Jan. 9, 2016<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Provincial organizations:</b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>British Columbia<br>Pacific Community Networking Association (PCNA)<br>contact: Bev Collins<br><a href="mailto:bev@pcna.ca">bev@pcna.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Nova Scotia<br>NS C@P<br>contact: <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Manitoba<br>Man. E-Learning<br>contact: Clarice Leader<br><a href="mailto:cleader@mb.e-association.ca">cleader@mb.e-association.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Nunavut<br>N-Cap<br>contact: Darlene Thompson<br><a href="mailto:thompson.darlene@gmail.com">thompson.darlene@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Member-owned Internet service providers</b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Chebucto Community Net (Halifax)<br><a href="https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/">https://www.chebucto.ns.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>National Capital Freenet (Ottawa)<br><a href="https://www.ncf.ca/">https://www.ncf.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Calgary Community Net<br><a href="http://calcna.ab.ca/">http://calcna.ab.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Lethbridge Community Net<br><a href="http://lethbridgecommunitynetwork.com/">http://lethbridgecommunitynetwork.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Vancouver Community Network<br><a href="http://www2.vcn.bc.ca/">http://www2.vcn.bc.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Peace River Internet Society (PRIS)<br><a href="http://portal.pris.ca/">http://portal.pris.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Victoria Freenet Association<br><a href="http://victoria.tc.ca/">http://victoria.tc.ca/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Individual public access sites</b>: <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>In many provinces, existing public access sites were part of community resource centres, libraries, immigrant centres,ý recreational centres, youth drop in centres, day care centres, seniors centres etc. prior to adding CAP to their service delivery options and since the dissolution of CAP continue to do so. <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>B.C.:<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Alberta:<br>60 public access computers in ? sites operated by Lethbridge Community Network<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Saskatchewan: ?<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Manitoba: <br>0 stand alone sites<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Ontario<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Quebec:<br> 50 sites operated by Communautique (Montreal)<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>New Brunswick<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Nova Scotia<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>PEI<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Newfoundland<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Nunavut<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>N.W.T.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Yukon<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><br>Municipal/community-owned broadband/wi-fi sites</b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>B.C.<br>Coquitlam<br>Q-net<br>leases excess fibre to anyone resulting in local residents being offered unlimited Internet plans for $20/month<br><a href="http://www.qnetbc.net/">http://www.qnetbc.net/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Alberta:<br>Olds<br>O-Net<br>municipal Internet utility offering 8,600 residents 1 Gbps Internet -- symmetrical (upload and download) & unlimited (no data caps)<br><a href="http://o-net.ca/">http://o-net.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Ontario:<br>K-Net<br>First Nations owned and operated<br>Sioux Lookout<br><a href="http://knet.ca/">http://knet.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Quebec:<br>Montreal<br>île sans fils<br>a non-profit community wireless network that provides wireless Internet access to mobile users in public spaces throughout Montreal<br><a href="http://www.ilesansfil.org/">http://www.ilesansfil.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Quebec city:<br>Zap Québec<br>free wi-fi hotspots through the city<br><a href="http://www.zapquebec.org/english/">http://www.zapquebec.org/english/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>New Brunswick<br>Fredericton<br>Fred-eZone (city-wide municipal wi-fi)<br><a href="http://www.fred-ezone.ca/">http://www.fred-ezone.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Moncton (city-wide municipal wi-fi)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Prince Edward Island <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Newfoundland<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Nunavut<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>N.W.T.<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Yukon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>